diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist
index 874b13663d22..825506411779 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
         ..
         mtree
         ..
+        namedb
+        ..
         ntp             mode=0700
         ..
         pam.d